Compound nouns
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- ugens moldeer 'mile' (mil + tir) A Few Words about Cornish
- an men bedh 'gravestone' (men + bedh) A Few Words about Cornish
- e Bargenteer 'manor' (bargen + tir) A Few Words about Cornish
- an Pobel-choy 'servants' (pobel + chi) A Few Words about Cornish
- tra-gweele 'business' (tra + gwul) A Few Words about Cornish
Not a compound?
- pyth keskar - the loss/scattering/dispersal of possessions PA23. George in GM09 says it’s intransitive and hyphenates it
- Codna teer 'peninsula' (translated as 'neck of land' by NBoson) konna a dir? A Few Words about Cornish
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- Kavanskeus PA156. George GM09 says it's cognate with Welsh cyfan + C skeus (GPC cyfan "whole, entire" from B *kom-ann-), and his IPA has penultimate stress. Kav-an-skeus? Kevan-skeus? Williams 2020 has cavanskes.
